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financialwar
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Letter proportional to Formula

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I have the above formula, but the "r" on the bottom seem is normal size and compared to the rest of the formula it is too small.

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\[
  PV=PMT\left[\dfrac{(1+r)\left[\dfrac{1-(1+r)^{-n}}{r}\right]-n(1+r)^{-n}}{r}\right]
\]
Is there a way to make it more proportional to the rest of the formula?
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Letter proportional to Formula

Post by Stefan Kottwitz »

You can make it bigger using \mathlarger of the relsize package. It can be nested for even larger sizes, such as

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\[
  PV=PMT\left[\dfrac{(1+r)\left[\dfrac{1-(1+r)^{-n}}{r}\right]
    -n(1+r)^{-n}}{\mathlarger{\mathlarger{r}}}\right]
\]
However, perhaps you would like to change the vertical centering of the fraction within the brackets to get smaller brackets.

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